Chapter Summaries

Elder Mu and eight Shrek Elders entered the Sun Moon Empire to draw attention away from Huo Yuhao and his team’s rescue mission. They crippled the border camp’s defenses through the night while avoiding a massacre, and the camp lay in ruins by dawn.

• Elder Song worried that the Holy Spirit Cult’s Limit Douluo might counterattack, but Elder Mu and Elder Xuan believed Jiang Ming’s recent attacks had left the cult too damaged to act.
• Elder Mu led the nine Super Douluo across the border to provoke the Sun Moon Empire and divert attention from Huo Yuhao’s team.
• Elder Mu’s dragon roars destroyed nearby High-Altitude Detection Soul Tools, and the other Elders spread out to shatter more aerial detection devices.
• The Sun Moon Empire bombarded the sky, scanned for the intruders, and sent up an aerial combat Soul Engineer regiment, but the Elders evaded the attacks and avoided killing soldiers.
• The Elders destroyed military installations, ammunition depots, and supplies throughout the night, leaving the Sun Moon Empire’s border camp crippled by dawn.

Xu Tianran responded to Shrek Academy’s border raid by ordering Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs and a Rank 9 Soul Master sent to the border, while Ju Zi warned him against provoking Jiang Ming and the Holy Spirit Cult before it recovered. Meanwhile, Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan reached Sunrise City with Huo Yuhao’s group and entered unnoticed despite its formidable defenses.

• Xu Tianran raged over the border losses and blamed Shrek Academy and Jiang Ming for repeatedly disrupting his plans.
• Ju Zi urged Xu Tianran not to deploy the Holy Spirit Cult, noting its injuries and the danger Jiang Ming posed, so Xu Tianran chose Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs as a deterrent instead.
• Xu Tianran secretly sent three anti-air Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs and a Rank 9 Soul Master to the border, while worrying that Jiang Ming might retaliate with the cannonballs he had taken from Bright Virtue Hall.
• Huo Yuhao and his companions arrived near Sunrise City after traveling for two days and found the city guarded by detection Soul Tools and two five-hundred-member Soul Master Corps units.
• Jiang Ming assessed Sunrise City’s defenses, then took Zhang Lexuan’s hand and entered the city without being detected.

Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan surveyed Sunrise City while Huo Yuhao's group searched for the imprisoned contestants, and Jiang Ming learned that a powerful force of Evil Soul Masters and Soul Engineers guarded the water prison. After Huo Yuhao's group launched its rescue operation, a Rank 8 Fixed Soul Cannonball devastated the northern Soul Engineer encampment.

• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan checked Sunrise City's defenses, and Jiang Ming sent Little Yellow and Little Void to locate the prisoners.
• Jiang Ming discovered the contestants were held in a water prison beneath the southern city wall, guarded by Evil Soul Masters and two Rank 9 Soul Masters.
• Huo Yuhao's group searched the city, found the prison, and began its rescue operation without Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan intervening.
• Huo Yuhao's group fired nearly two hundred Fixed Soul Cannonballs, including Rank Seven and Rank 8 shells, at the northern Soul Engineer encampment.
• The Rank 8 Fixed Soul Cannonball detonated beneath the encampment, annihilating almost everyone in its blast zone.

Huo Yuhao and his allies launched a rescue of the hostages in Sunrise City’s water prison, using attacks on the northern city and southern wall to draw away the defenders. As the rescued group escaped and Ma Xiaotao fought Nangong Wan, a hidden attacker struck at Ma Xiaotao, prompting Jiang Ming to intervene.

• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan watched the rescue begin after a Rank 8 Fixed Soul Cannonball drew defenders toward the north.
• Ma Xiaotao destroyed the southern city wall with Phoenix Meteor Shower, drawing out Nangong Wan and killing the Soul Saint- and Soul Douluo-level Evil Soul Masters accompanying him.
• Ma Xiaotao transformed into a Fire Phoenix and overwhelmed Nangong Wan, while Huo Yuhao led the hostages out of the water prison with Ling Luochen holding back the defenders.
• Huo Yuhao used Ice Burst Technique to help the rescuers retreat, and the first wave of hostages escaped through the collapsed city wall.
• A hidden attacker sent a blood-red hook at Ma Xiaotao as she prepared to strike Nangong Wan, but Jiang Ming appeared to freeze the space-time around them.

Jiang Ming arrived in Sunrise City and stopped the Blood Soul Douluo from escaping while Ma Xiaotao, Zhang Lexuan, and Ling Luochen fought the Holy Spirit Cult’s forces. As Huo Yuhao led the hostages toward safety, the battles engulfed the city and revealed how far Shrek’s fighters had advanced.

• Jiang Ming seized the Blood Soul Hook, damaged the Blood Soul Douluo’s Martial Soul, and let him fire a signal flare before preventing his escape.
• Jiang Ming urged Ma Xiaotao to keep fighting Nangong Wan, who burned his origin and charged her in a desperate counterattack.
• Jiang Ming reassured Huo Yuhao that no force above the Titled Douluo level would get through, and Huo Yuhao led the hostages toward the plains.
• Ling Luochen and Zhang Lexuan emerged from the frozen water prison and engaged a Rank 9 Soul Engineer and a Titled Douluo-level Evil Soul Master.
• Little Void and Little Yellow plundered the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tools as battles erupted across Sunrise City.
• The hostages and their teachers watched Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen display their power and recognized the vast gap between Shrek Academy and their own schools.

Huo Yuhao and his allies broke the captured competitors out of Sunrise City while Jiang Ming and the three women defeated the Holy Spirit Cult’s powerful defenders. After Jiang Ming used his Hundred-Thousand-Year Head Soul Bone skill to control three defeated enemies, Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen refused to leave him behind as Radiant City’s reinforcements approached.

• Huo Yuhao warned the hostages to escape before Radiant City’s reinforcements arrived, and the freed Soul Masters charged the city’s defenders as Xu Sanshi and the others attacked from outside.
• Ma Xiaotao overwhelmed Nangong Wan with her Phoenix Martial Soul, while Ling Luochen trapped a Rank 9 Soul Engineer in an ice storm.
• Zhang Lexuan defeated the Netherworld Douluo, who sacrificed himself to unleash a powerful Netherworld Sword strike that clashed with her Moonlight Judgment.
• Jiang Ming sealed the Blood Soul Douluo, then used Soul Control to take control of the souls of Nangong Wan, the Rank 9 Soul Engineer, and the Blood Soul Douluo.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen urged Jiang Ming to leave with them, but he planned to stay and face the approaching reinforcements from Radiant City.

Jiang Ming rescued the hostages from Sunrise City, defeated the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps, and took its Soul Engineers into his Small World before returning to Shrek Academy. A rumor then spread through the Sun Moon Empire that the corps had rebelled, enraging Xu Tianran.

• Jiang Ming let Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen join the group, then collapsed Sunrise City's wall as the rescued hostages escaped.
• Jiang Ming identified the arriving force as the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps and tore apart its Soul Tool net before attacking its leader, Mad Bull Douluo Wang Yiheng.
• Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen trapped Wang Yiheng and killed him, while Jiang Ming captured the corps' Soul Engineers in his Small World.
• Jiang Ming collected Wang Yiheng's three Spirit Bones and led the others back to Shrek Academy after confirming the rescue mission was complete.
• Jiang Ming met with Zhang Lexuan, Xu Jiu Jiu, and Vina, and days later a rumor spread that the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps had rebelled.
• Xu Tianran heard the rumor, smashed his teacup, and angrily denied it.

Xu Tianran reacted to rumors that the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps had rebelled by ordering the execution of everyone spreading them, while his repeated setbacks continued to strain his already fragile state of mind. At Shrek Academy, Jiang Ming planned to let the resulting public anger grow before continuing his campaign against the Sun Moon Empire, though he remained wary of Ju Zi.

• Xu Tianran killed a guard who reported the rebellion rumors, then ordered Ju Zi to execute everyone spreading them.
• Ju Zi left to carry out Xu Tianran's order, and Xu Tianran smashed much of the palace in a rage.
• Jiang Ming cultivated on Sea God Lake and complained that his progress toward level ninety-eight was too slow.
• Vina told Jiang Ming that Xu Tianran had ordered the rumor-spreaders executed, as Jiang Ming had expected.
• Jiang Ming told Vina to let public resentment build before proceeding with their plan, and he resolved to be cautious of Ju Zi.

Jiang Ming began developing a city-scale Soul Tool Defense Array and taught Snow Empress Rank 9 Soul Tool knowledge while continuing his cultivation. After a year, he broke through to Level Ninety-Six.

• Jiang Ming told Vina that joining the Body Sect might have changed the experiences that shaped his strength.
• Jiang Ming entered his Small World, recreated terrain like Shrek City, and planned to research an ultra-large Soul Tool Defense Array.
• Jiang Ming kept the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps imprisoned and agreed to teach Snow Empress about Rank 9 Soul Tools.
• Jiang Ming divided his days between teaching Snow Empress and researching the defense array, while cultivating at night and attending to Zhang Lexuan during her breaks from the Deity Trials.
• After a year, Jiang Ming repeatedly struck his Level Ninety-Six bottleneck with Soul Power until it shattered.

Jiang Ming helped Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen break through to Super Douluo, while Zhang Lexuan completed Yue Shen’s Sixth Trial. The chapter ended with Zhang Lexuan finding the two women naked and fighting, and Jiang Ming trying to explain the misunderstanding.

• Jiang Ming reached Level Ninety-Six but decided he still could not kill the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign.
• Jiang Ming used his Extreme Fire and Extreme Ice powers to help Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen overcome their level ninety-five bottleneck.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen both broke through to Super Douluo, but their clothes were destroyed by their extreme powers.
• Jiang Ming turned his back while the women recovered, then saw them naked and fighting when he turned around.
• Zhang Lexuan completed Yue Shen’s Sixth Trial, entered Jiang Ming’s isolated space, and mistook the scene for wild behavior.
• Jiang Ming told Zhang Lexuan that Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen’s clothes had been destroyed during their breakthroughs.

Jiang Ming openly admitted that he loved Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen and wanted to marry them, with Zhang Lexuan approving after a test meant to make him state his feelings himself. As Jiang Ming left to work on Soul Tools with Snow Empress, a determined, beautiful figure emerged from the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Zhang Lexuan spoke privately with Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, then brought them to meet Jiang Ming at her cabin.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Jiang Ming whether he loved Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, and he admitted that he did.
• Jiang Ming said he planned to marry Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, and Zhang Lexuan revealed that the three women had been waiting for him to say so himself.
• Zhang Lexuan told Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen to make Jiang Ming wait, then dismissed him while they continued talking together.
• Jiang Ming left to spend time in his Small World and work on Soul Tools with Snow Empress.
• A beautiful figure emerged from the Star Dou Great Forest, her eyes filled with determination.

Wang Qiuer returned to Shrek Academy after a year away, while Jiang Ming advanced his Spiritual Power cultivation as Snow Empress studied Rank 9 Soul Tool crafting. Snow Empress was caught in his Spiritual Soul Core’s vortex and, unable to escape, told him to continue tempering his Spiritual Power as she merged into his soul.

• Wang Qiuer left the Star Dou Great Forest and flew toward Shrek Academy, determined to see Jiang Ming again.
• Bi Ji let Wang Qiuer go despite worrying about whether a Soul Beast and a human could have a future together.
• Jiang Ming taught Snow Empress to craft miniature Rank 9 Core Magic Arrays while developing his Soul Tool research and Small World.
• Jiang Ming’s Spiritual Power broke through as his Sea of Consciousness turned golden and his Spiritual Soul Core drew in its power.
• Snow Empress was pulled into Jiang Ming’s Spiritual Soul Core and, unable to escape, urged him not to stop tempering his Spiritual Power before merging into his soul.

The Snow Empress fused her soul with Jiang Ming’s while he tempered his Spiritual Power, strengthening his soul and deepening their bond. After the fusion ended, she emerged changed and embarrassed, while Jiang Ming remained unaware of what had happened to her during the process.

• The Snow Empress asked Jiang Ming to lower his soul defenses so she could fuse their souls, and Jiang Ming trusted her completely.
• The Snow Empress began merging her soul power with Jiang Ming’s while he continued tempering his Spiritual Power, and their fusion created distracting sensations for both of them.
• Little Spirit stopped Rongrong, Little Prison, and Meng Bing from approaching Jiang Ming, explaining that his auras suggested he was gaining strength.
• Jiang Ming finished tempering his Spiritual Power, which surpassed his Soul Power Cultivation as the Snow Empress’s soul origin continued to merge into his.
• The Snow Empress completed the fusion, formed an ice-blue dress with golden snowflake patterns, and emerged from Jiang Ming’s Sea of Consciousness with a gentler appearance and a blush.
• Seeing Jiang Ming still with his eyes closed, the embarrassed Snow Empress raised her hand as if to slap him.

After their souls fused, Jiang Ming apologized to the Snow Empress and comforted her, while the two grew closer. As Jiang Ming stabilized his Spiritual Power in the Small World, the Snow Empress began crafting him a surprise, and a beautiful woman returned to the academy.

• The Snow Empress returned to her palace, and Jiang Ming apologized to her through their soul connection before going to find her.
• Jiang Ming tossed Xiao Bai away from the palace entrance, where the Ice Bear King then fought Meng Bing until the Snow Empress ordered them to stop.
• Jiang Ming held the Snow Empress and asked to call her Xue'er; after she accepted, he kissed her cheek and began stabilizing his Spiritual Power.
• The Snow Empress told Xiao Bai and Meng Bing not to disturb Jiang Ming, then began carving Rank 9 Rare Metal into a gift for him.
• Zhang Lexuan reviewed a year's worth of business accounts and planned to consolidate her chambers of commerce.
• An unnamed beautiful woman returned to the academy and crossed Sea God Lake toward Sea God Island.

Wang Qiuer returned to Shrek Academy after spending a year training in the Star Dou Great Forest and reunited with Zhang Lexuan. She learned that Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen had become Jiang Ming’s disciples, leaving her stunned to discover she had two new martial aunts.

• Wang Qiuer crossed Sea God Lake using Soul Power, revealing that her cultivation had surpassed Level Seventy, and headed for Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan’s cottage.
• Inner Court students admired Wang Qiuer, while an older student warned newcomers that she was Jiang Ming’s disciple and far beyond their reach.
• Wang Qiuer arrived at the cottage and found Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen cultivating on its balcony.
• Zhang Lexuan welcomed Wang Qiuer back and told her she and Jiang Ming had worried when her visit home stretched into a year.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen had reached Level Ninety-Five and would now be Wang Qiuer’s martial aunts, astonishing Wang Qiuer.

Wang Qiuer returned after a year away and learned that Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen had joined Zhang Lexuan in pursuing Jiang Ming, while Zhang Lexuan had encouraged them. After deciding she would accept sharing Jiang Ming rather than leave, Wang Qiuer began moving closer to Zhang Lexuan, then revealed her level-seventy-eight cultivation and hundred-thousand-year seventh Soul Ring.

• Wang Qiuer returned and was shocked to learn that Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen had recently confessed their feelings to Jiang Ming.
• Zhang Lexuan admitted she had helped Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen and urged Wang Qiuer to reveal her own feelings rather than wait.
• Wang Qiuer reconsidered her belief that love had to be exclusive and decided she would rather share Jiang Ming than return to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhang Lexuan cautioned Wang Qiuer that love required mutual feelings and worried about how Wang Qiuer might join them in the God Realm when they ascended.
• Wang Qiuer massaged Zhang Lexuan’s shoulders, then explained that her cultivation had reached level seventy-eight and revealed her Golden Dragon Martial Soul with a red hundred-thousand-year seventh Soul Ring.

Wang Qiu'er revealed her Hundred-Thousand-Year Seventh Soul Ring and gave Zhang Lexuan a cover story for how she obtained it. In the Small World, Jiang Ming praised the Snow Empress's progress with Rank 9 Soul Tool arrays before escaping her irritation and deciding to return.

• Wang Qiu'er showed Zhang Lexuan her Hundred-Thousand-Year Seventh Soul Ring, shocking her with its rarity.
• Wang Qiu'er claimed a family elder had helped her obtain the Soul Ring and said she had suffered no lasting harm.
• Zhang Lexuan told Wang Qiu'er that Jiang Ming was sulking in the Small World after she had made him abstain for a while.
• The Snow Empress showed Jiang Ming a Rank 9 miniature Core Magic Array, and he praised it while explaining its flaws.
• Jiang Ming asked the Snow Empress for a kiss, sensed that she truly wanted to hit him, and vanished before she could strike.
• Jiang Ming left the Small World, hoping his period of abstinence had ended and that Sister Lexuan would not worry.

Jiang Ming reunited with Wang Qiu'er, learned she had reached Level Seventy-Eight and obtained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, and agreed not to press her about her family. After years of relative peace, Jiang Ming grew restless and headed to the Demon Forest to spar with Evil Lord, who sensed a great disaster approaching.

• Jiang Ming returned from the Small World and found Zhang Lexuan and Wang Qiu'er waiting outside his bedroom.
• Zhang Lexuan told Jiang Ming that Wang Qiu'er had reached Level Seventy-Eight and would need help obtaining a Spirit Ring after breaking through Level Eighty.
• Wang Qiu'er revealed her Hundred-Thousand-Year seventh Spirit Ring and said an elder from her family had helped her obtain it, but she refused Jiang Ming's offer to meet her family.
• Wang Qiu'er said she could obtain a Spirit Ring back home, and Zhang Lexuan stopped Jiang Ming from questioning her further.
• After the continent enjoyed several peaceful years, Jiang Ming grew frustrated with cultivation and decided to spar with Evil Lord, then flew to the Demon Forest.
• Evil Lord tried to replenish his lost Spiritual Power and sensed that a great disaster was approaching.

Evil Lord fled the Demon Forest after sensing an unknown danger, prompting Ye Xishui to order the Holy Spirit Cult to abandon its headquarters. Jiang Ming arrived in the forest, captured Soul Beasts for his Small World, and defeated a Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant to bring it under control.

• Evil Lord left the Demon Forest after his instincts warned him of imminent danger, and Ye Xishui failed to catch up with him.
• Ye Xishui ordered Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult to evacuate their headquarters and destroy anything they could not take.
• Zhongli Wu linked the evacuation to Evil Lord's departure and led the cult members in moving their belongings to Sun Moon Empire strongholds.
• Jiang Ming entered the Demon Forest and captured local Soul Beasts for his Small World as he traveled deeper into the forest.
• A Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant attacked Jiang Ming, who defeated it with two punches and a spiritual attack so he could add it to his Small World.

Jiang Ming went to Demon Forest to find Evil Lord, but discovered that the beast and the Holy Spirit Cult had both left. After learning that Ye Xishui had evacuated the cult because Evil Lord disappeared, Jiang Ming suspected Evil Lord had sensed his arrival and prepared to search for him with divine power.

• Jiang Ming defeated a Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant and sent it into the Small World for Snow Empress to train and protect.
• Jiang Ming searched Demon Forest for Evil Lord, but found his cave empty and confirmed that he had left the forest.
• Jiang Ming located the abandoned Holy Spirit Cult headquarters and learned from Blood Soul Douluo and Nangong Wan that Evil Lord had suddenly departed a day earlier.
• Jiang Ming collapsed the underground headquarters and inferred that Ye Xishui had evacuated the cult because she feared he would attack.
• Jiang Ming suspected Evil Lord had fled because he sensed Jiang Ming was coming, and resolved to use a deity's search to find him.